Golf bag



Nov. 9, 1926. moans 1J." H. wALcOTT GOLF BAG Filed sept. 50. 1925...n-"hum ranma-i Nov. e, 192e.

J'OSEIP H.- WALCOTT, OF SALEM, MASSACHSETTS.

GOLF BAG.

Application led September 30, .1925. Serial No. 59,6'86.

This invention relates to golf bags and particularly to a golf bagprovided with means for supporting it in an upright position when placedupon the ground. 4 i

The principal object of this inventlon 1s to provide a supporting meansthe action of 'which will be automatic when the bag placed upon theground in an upright position but which will assume an uno-btrusiveposition when the bag is being carried or is out of Contact with theground or other supporting means. Other objects will become apparent asthe description proceeds.

The invention takes the form of a me-v tallic base attached to anddepending from the lower end of a bag. Journalled in slots in theperiphery of the base member are a plurality of supporting members inthe form of bell crank levers. The longer arms of these levers when in ahorizontal position contact with the ground and support the bag flangeand at its upper end .is recessed for,

the reception of a coiled compression spring the 'upper end of whichbears against the upper portion of the base member. The two sleeves areinterconnected by a pin and bayonet slot and move simultaneously.

When out of contact with a support, the compression spring normallyforces the inner sleeve of the actuating member below the lower end ofthe base member. When this sleeve strikes the ground or any object it isforced upwardly against the action of the spring carrying with it the'outer sleeve. The action of the links upon the bell crank levers willmove the longer arms from their folded or collapsed posit-ion alongsidethe bag to an ext-ended position to support the bag upright.

In the annexed drawing forming part of this application and in-whichlike reference numerals refer to like parts,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a golf bao' embodying my invention; y

Figure 2 is a plan view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. l; d

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the from the top of the basemember downward are four diametrically opposed slots or' lrecesses 2.Journalled in the walls of said recesses are four supports in the formof bell crank levers having'long'arms 3 and short arms 4 substantiallyat right angles thereto. The arms 3 extend outwardly of the recesses andnormally lie approximately parallel with the axis of the bag. When intheir extended position they are substantially normal to the peripheryof the base member and support the bag lin an upright position as shownin Figure 1.' Pivotedto the outer ends of arms 4 are links 5. Links 5are also pivoted to lugs or ears 6 formed on sleeve 7. Sleeve 8 isslidably received within sleeve 7 and formed on the lower end thereof isan l annular flange 9. The upper end of sleeve 8 is recessed to receivethe lower end ofa coiled compression. spring 10 the upper end of whichbears against member 1. Bayonet slots 11 and 12 are formed on sleeve 7to cooperate with pins 13 and 14 in locking the sleeves together asshown in Figure 4.

'The operation of the device is as follows: When the bag is beingcarried or is out of Contact with the support, the parts are in theposition shown in full lines in Fig. 3. In this position pin 13 and slot11 are interlocked as shown in Fig. 4. When the flange 9 strikes theground or other supporting means, sleeve 8 is moved upwardly carryingwith it sleeve 7 and links 5. These links actuate the bell crank leversthrough arms 4 to move the arms 3 into an extended and. substantiallyhorizontal position whereby lthey contact with the ground and supportthe bag in an upright position. In this position the liange 9 seats in arecess in the bottom of member 1 so as to be approximate- 1y flush withthe base. When the bag is lifted from the ground the spring 10 will actto move the actuating member 8 into extended position and the arms 3into retracted position in the recesses 2 so that they lie along theside of the bag. If it is desired to carry the bag in a car or othervplace where the projecting portion of the and adapted to beautomatically actuated by contact with the ground to move said membersfrom a collapsed position to an eX- -tended position in which theyproject from the base to support the bag in an upright position.

' 2. In combination with a golf bag, a base member, a plurality ofradially disposed supporting members secured to said base member andmovable from a collapsed to an extended supporting position, and adepending element slidably mounted upon saidbasev member and being`adapted upon Contact with the ground automatically to move said membersinto theirextended position thereby to hold said bag in an uprightposition, and spring means normally actuating said supporting members toretain them in their collapsed position.

In combination with a golf bag, a base member, a plurality of radiallydisposed supporting members secured to said base member and movable froma collapsed to an extended supporting position, vand a de-l pendingelement slidably mounted upon said base member and being'adapted uponcontact with the ground to be retracted automatically to move saidmembers into their extended supporting position to hold said bag in anupright position, and spring means operatively connected to saiddepending element normally to maintain it in an extended position fromthe bottom of the bag thereby retaining the. supporting members inretracted position.

4. In a support for a golf bag, a base4 member, a plurality ofvertically swinging supporting members journalled on said base member,and automatic means for moving said members into supporting positionwhen said bag is placed on the ground in an upright position.

5. In a support for a golf bag, a basemember, a plurality of armsjournaled to the base member, means for moving the arms from a positionclosely parallel to the outer surface of the bag downwardly to asupporting position upon the placing of said bag in an upright positionupon the ground.

6. In 4a support for a golf bag, a base member, supporting armsjournalled therein, an actuating member for said supporting arms, saidactuating member including a sleeve projecting below the base member.

7. In a `support for a golf bag, a base member, supporting armsjournalled therein, an actuating member' for said supporting arms, saidactuating member including a sleeve, ears on said sleeve, and linksconnecting said ears and said supporting arms.

8. In a support for a golf bag, a base member, a plurality of supportingarms journalled therein, an actuating member for said supporting` arms,said actuating member con'iprising two sleeves, one of said sleeveshaving ears thereon, links pivotally (onnecting said ears and saidsupporting arms, The other sleeve being slidably 'received in the basemember and also being slidable relative to said first-mentioned sleeve,bayonet slots in said first-mentioned sleeve and pins on saidsecond-mentioned sleeve whereby said sleeves may be interlocked in aplurality ot' positions, and a spring for nor-,

mally urging said second-mentioned sleeve outwardly of the base member.

9. In a support for a golf bag, a base member, recesses in said basemember, supporting members journalled in said base member in the form ofbell crank levers having long and short arms, the long arms of whichconstitute the support, the short arms being link connected to vanactuating member in-the form of two sleeves, both slidable Within thebase member and slidable with respect to one another there being pin andbayonet slot connections between the sleeves for interlocking them in aplurality of positions, an annular flange on lower end of the innersleeve and a recess in the upper end of said sleeve containing one endof a compression spring, said spring no1'- mally urging said sleeveoutwardly of the base member.

Signed by me at Salem, Massachusetts, this twenty-fifth day ofSeptember, 1925.

JosEPH H. wALooTT.

